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Chris Farrell

Chris Farrell is economics editor of Marketplace Money, a nationally syndicated one-hour weekly personal finance show produced by American Public Media. Chris is also economics correspondent for Marketplace, the largest business program in broadcasting and chief economics correspondent for American RadioWorks, the largest producer of long-form documentaries in public radio. He is also contributing economics editor at Business Week magazine. He was host and executive editor of public television’s Right on the Money. He is the author of two books: Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances, and Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. Chris is a graduate of Stanford and the London School of Economics.

Latest from Chris Farrell

  • Question: My husband and I recently attended a workshop on optimizing real estate assets. The program presented information on how to create a debt…

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  • Markets don't go up forever. We saw that with dot.com stocks and residential real estate. Today the speculative excesses are in commodities….

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  • There are several ways to look at the Fed's recent actions, either as a positive meltdown prevention or free-market interference. Scott Jagow talks to Chris Farrell, who says we're eventually going to reregulate the industry.

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  • Mar 20, 2008

    Bank Stocks

    Question: Chris, could you elaborate on your comment made on 3/14 about the undesirability of buying bank stocks. Do you mean all bank stocks? We…

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  • Booms and busts are inevitable in a capitalist system. Right now, the Federal Reserve and, belatedly, the U.S. Treasury, are out to avoid facing…

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  • Mar 19, 2008

    Cash is King

    Question: I'm 35 and already maxing out my 401K and IRA options. My only debt is my mortgage. Half my paycheck automatically goes to a money market…

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  • Mar 19, 2008

    Online Banking

    Question: As much as anything is "safe" these days, is it safe to open online savings/CD accounts with such companies as "ING Direct"? Sarah,…

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  • Mar 18, 2008

    Flight to Safety

    Question: My wife and I are very cautious with our money–we have only one loan (our mortgage), we pay off credit cards every month, and we have…

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  • We know that the Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate this week, perhaps by as much as percentage point. That would bring its rate…

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  • My latest musing on the economy….

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